China has again confined millions of people due to the advance of the delta variant of COVID-19

Millions of people remain confined to their homes in China this Monday to try to contain the biggest coronavirus epidemic in months, including seven positive cases in Wuhan, where the disease first appeared at the end of 2019.

China announced on Monday 55 new cases of locally transmitted coronavirus. The appearance of the variant delta, rapid spread, It has already reached more than 20 cities and more than a dozen provinces, of the total of at least 27 cities in 18 Chinese provinces where there are new cases

Focus on Wuhan came after the daily release of official data but was confirmed by state media, which said the infections were attributed to a train station. “The seven have been identified as migrant workers,” the official news agency reported Xinhua, citing officials for the prevention and control of COVID-19.

“Leave Beijing only if necessary”

In major cities, including Beijing, millions of residents have been tested, residences cordoned off and close contacts of infected people quarantined. The authorities of the capital met and agreed to “redouble their vigilance, to take strict precautions and to defend [la ciudad] until death, without sparing any expense, ”said the Beijing government.

In central Zhuzhou city, located in Hunan province, more than 1.2 million people were placed in strict isolation on Monday and for three days, as authorities carried out a campaign of tests and vaccinations, a he said in a press release. “The situation remains dark and complicatedZhuzhou government said.

China had so far succeeded in reducing local cases to virtually zero, which allowed the economy to reopen. But the latest outbreak, linked to an outbreak in Nanjing where nine cleaners at an international airport tested positive on July 20, caused more than 360 cases in the last two weeks.

In Zhangjiajie, a tourist destination known for its forest park, an epidemic emerged among theater patrons last month, who then took the virus home to their homes across the country. Zhangjiajie confined its 1.5 million inhabitants on Friday.

The authorities are urgent search for people who have recently traveled from Nanjing or Zhangjiajie, and urged tourists not to visit areas where cases have been detected. While, Beijing blocked entry for tourists during peak summer travel season.

Following the discovery of some cases among residents returning from Zhangjiajie, the capital will only allow entry to “essential travelers” with negative tests.

Beijing blocked entry for tourists during peak summer travel season

City officials on Sunday asked residents to “only leave Beijing if necessary”.

Last week, the capital’s Changping District confined 41,000 people in nine housing communities.

New cases were also reported Monday in the popular tourist destination of Hainan, as well as in flood-ravaged Henan Province, health officials said.

Experts from the China Center for Disease Control said on Saturday that the country’s prevention measures were still “effective” in curbing outbreaks.

Experts assure that the vaccination rate and the experience accumulated in prevention will prevent a large-scale epidemic throughout the country.

(With information from AFP and EFE)

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